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Wedge press

US3992920A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 11, 1975
Grant dateNov 23, 1976
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Expiry dateDec 11, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB30B1/40
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wedge press is provided with a press frame; a reciprocatingly displaceable ram; a reciprocatingly displaceable wedge for acting on the ram; and means for effecting displacement of the wedge to cause the wedge to act upon the ram and thereby to effect displacement of the ram, with the wedge and the press frame having a pair of mutually engaging contact surfaces and the wedge and the ram having a pair of mutually engaging contact surfaces, and at least one said pair of mutually engaging contact surfaces having a special configuration to provide improved guiding of the wedge.

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